Google to cut 4,000 Motorola Mobility jobs – reports

Google is to cut about 4,000 jobs at Motorola Mobility, the struggling mobile
handset maker it bought earlier this year, according to reports.

Google-owned Motorola Mobitlity is reported to be cutting 20pc of its workforce.

10:35AM BST 13 Aug 2012

The company has told its staff that it is cutting 20pc of its staff and wall close about a third of its 94 worldwide offices, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD website, and Bloomberg reported.

“Motorola is committed to helping them through this difficult transition and will be providing generous severance packages, as well as outplacement services to help people find new jobs,” Motorola Mobility said in an emailed statement. It did not specify the number of job cuts.